Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Marihuana in the Press, 1887-1922" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
marihuana, marijuana, mariguana, indian hemp, cannabis, dope
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

(Warning: Some of the linked articles contain ethnic slurs and offensive characterizations.)

"Senseless Brutality. A Mexican Priest Flogs the Corpse of a Dead Wizard"
The Memphis Appeal (Memphis, TN) , April 18, 1887, Image 1, col. 6.
"Victims of a Mexican Drug. From the Mexican Herald"
The Sun (New York, NY), August 12, 1897, Page 6, Image 6, col. 5.
"Stronger Than Opium. Attempt to Smuggle Mariguana into Yuma Prison"
Tombstone Prospector (Tombstone, AZ), September 15, 1897, Image 4, col. 4.
"Across the border. Mexican Herald"
The Oasis (Arizola, AZ), July 15, 1899, Image 6, col. 1.
"Across the border. Two Republics"
The Oasis (Arizola, AZ), December 30, 1899, Image 10, col. 1.
"Dangerous Mexican Weed to Smoke"
Phipllipsburg Herald (Phillipsburg, KS), August 18, 1904, Image 8, col. 3.
"Teacher Starr of Chicago Man of Sensations"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), August 25, 1905, Page 8, Image 8, col. 2.
"Stops Sale of Maddening Drug"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), December 24, 1905, Page 3, Image 3, col. 4.
"War on Marihuana Smoking. Mexican Government Wants to Exterminate a Weed That Crazes"
The Sun (New York, NY), May 26, 1907, Image 17, col. 4.
"Use for Deadly Weed. Mexican Marihuana Plant to be Grown in Texas for Drug Purposes"
The Florida Star (Titusville, FL), October 16, 1908, Page 3, Image 3, col. 4.
"Goats that Feed on Dope"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), April 11, 1909, Page 2, Image 55, col. 5.
"Yerbas Medicinales [Marihuana advertised for sale]"
La Revista de Taos (Taos, NM), February 7, 1913, Image 4, col. 7.
"On Account of His Oriental Nature the Mexican's Mind is a Puzzle to the Foreigner"
The Sun (New York, NY), May 17, 1914, Page 37, Image 7, col. 1.
"Marihuana Sale Now Prohibited. Council Passes Emergency Ordinance to Stop Sale of Mexican Drug"
El Paso Herald (El Paso, TX), June 3, 1915, Page 6, Image 6, col. 3.
"New Anti-marijuana Ordinance Very Stringent"
El Paso Herald (El Paso, TX), June 7, 1915, Page 9, Image 9, col. 3.
"Is the Mexican Nation 'Locoed' by a Peculiar Weed?"
The Ogden Standard (Ogden City, UT), September 25, 1915, Image 13, col. 1.
"Marihuana Smokers Shut Off from their 'Makins"
El Paso Herald (El Paso, TX), September 13, 1917, Page 6, Image 6, col. 3.
"The One Wicked Drug the Lawmakers Forgot"
The Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT), December 24, 1922, Page 4, Image 24, col. 1.

Marihuana: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America